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There's some guy on here named Johnk. He built himself a pedal once. It looked nice! Perhaps he will show it to us?

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Hahaha, good one. I see what you did there.

Also I believe Vlad does as well. There are quite a few of us that build our own effects on TB. I have fiddled with modding but never built any. I always wanted to. And probably will one of these days. JohnK is the man though!

Really?, how would one get started into the world of building effects?

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A LOT of research, asking questions and experience. Oh, and patience. There are other forums this express purpose. DIYstompboxes.com is one of them. The gear page has some pretty cool threads to peruse. Tons of info on the internet. Just gotta put in the time and do all the studying.

I've built a few kit guitar pedals. Mostly for guitar but most of the ones I pulled out of storage stopped working for some reason. I also have a big muff that a guy on the telecaster forum modded for me. It's done up as a blend between a rams head and a Russian (russian low end and gritty top end from the rams head). It's a nice sounding pedal and having "custom made for Russ Purdy" written inside makes me feel special haha.

Yeah, I've found Veroboard layouts online, so I pick the ones I find interesting and build em up (like ten so far).
These are mostly clones of in-production effects, with my choice of component quality and box layout. I have yet to design my own circuit though.

I've made many prototypes, documented it all thoroughly, moved house never to my notes again
I have came close to what I had but have just a little disappointed so no builds yet.
Was working on a (LowPass) envelope filter, fuzz, and isolate dirty boost that added some grit to the mid-range leaving the lows and highs uneffected I miss that one

Yeah, I've found Veroboard layouts online, so I pick the ones I find interesting and build em up (like ten so far).
These are mostly clones of in-production effects, with my choice of component quality and box layout. I have yet to design my own circuit though.

Right now I just solder by numbers whatever I find online.
But I do rearrange the box designs to suit my aesthetic preferences.

Basically I do an web search for whatever effect I'm interested in and add 'layout' to it and go from there.

I have designed and built my own passive utility boxes though.

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Yup, this is what it looks like to start into it. I'm in the same boat. You learn by doing and by reading a lot on what other people do. You learn the most when you have to troubleshoot you mistakes because it forces you to look deeper into what is going on in the circuit. I haven't designed anything per-say but I have combined different mod ideas to create a unique fuzz that is my favorite of any fuzz I've played.

I don't build but I bought one of John's pedals. A Greedtone Overdrive clone that has an awesome 3-way switch that gives you full range, a 5k highs rolloff and a 2 or 3k highs rolloff, plus a switch that gives you a slight bass boost. Love it.